Gozilla Arena
Spectators: 9198 (Terracing: 6900,
Seating: 2115, VIP seats: 183) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Stathis Panagakis made the kick off which started today's match. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by Gozilla's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jared Blum was slow to take the kick. During this time Mean Machine's players had a chance to rest. Stefanos Salepis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stathis Panagakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Stavros Paraschos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 8th minute of the match, but Stefanos Salepis made a huge save. 10 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mean Machine's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Vaggelis Malesios was slow to take the kick. During this time Gozilla's players had a chance to rest. Ignacy Jazowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carles Pujol in the 12th minute of play. 15 minutes into the match, Gozilla's goal looked a bit too open when Miltos Makris came free, but Ignacy Jazowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ignacy Jazowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nedim Emekli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mean Machine's Stefanos Salepis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Mean Machine from getting a goal against them. Stefanos Salepis didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 18th minute, which inside left pole to 1-0. 22 minutes into the match, Gozilla's goal looked a bit too open when Nikos Stasinos came free, but Ignacy Jazowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 26 played minutes Gozilla got a freekick which was hit by Andreas Koutris. Mean Machine's Stefanos Salepis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Mean Machine from getting a goal against them. It was a well-played corner which Dimitris Kreziadis managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Ignacy Jazowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carles Pujol in the 34th minute of play. Ignacy Jazowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nedim Emekli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carles Pujol in the 38th minute of play forced Gozilla's goalkeeper Ignacy Jazowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ignacy Jazowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nikos Stasinos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miltos Makris in the 46th minute of play forced Gozilla's goalkeeper Ignacy Jazowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.
Gozilla made a substitution. Vaggelis Bakogiannopoulos replaced Stathis Panagakis. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nedim Emekli was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd minute Nedim Emekli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ignacy Jazowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Gozilla's Ignacy Jazowski got control of the ball when Carles Pujol tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ignacy Jazowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miltos Makris in the 56th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nedim Emekli in the 58th minute of play forced Gozilla's goalkeeper Ignacy Jazowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vaggelis Bakogiannopoulos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 61 minutes into the match, Mean Machine's goal looked a bit too open when Stavros Paraschos came free, but Stefanos Salepis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ignacy Jazowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miltos Makris in the 62nd minute of play. In the 64th minute Vaggelis Bakogiannopoulos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stefanos Salepis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ignacy Jazowski made a fantastic save in the 69th minute, when Carles Pujol sent off a good shot on target. Mean Machine made a substitution. Nikos Kioupouroglou replaced Miltos Makris. Mean Machine made a substitution. Lambros Dimitrakis replaced Nedim Emekli. In the 71st minute, one of Mean Machine:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Mean Machine. 78 minutes into the game, Mean Machine's Lambros Dimitrakis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ignacy Jazowski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. After 82 played minutes Mean Machine got a freekick which was hit by Jared Blum. 85 minutes into the game, Michalis Makridakis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Gozilla's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mean Machine the free kick. Michalis Makridakis kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. 87 minutes into the game, Lambros Dimitrakis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Ignacy Jazowski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With his leg Ignacy Jazowski managed to avoid a goal in the 91stth minute, when Mean Machine's Lambros Dimitrakis fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 91 played minutes Gozilla got a freekick which was hit by Kostas Loizos. Mean Machine played a much better game than Gozilla and deserved their victory. The Gozilla players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.
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